Mary Tinetti is an American physician, and Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

, and Director of the Yale Program on Aging.

Life

She graduated from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

at Ann Arbor with a B.A. in 1973, and from the University of Michigan Medical School with an M.D. in 1978. She was a resident at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

. She studied on a geriatric fellowship at the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus, next to the Genesee River in 1930. With approximately 30,000 full ...

with Dr. T. Franklin Williams. She pioneered the study of morbidity due to falls by elderly people, and investigated risk-reduction strategies that were both effective and cost-effective.

Awards

*2009

MacArthur Fellows Program The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and colloquially called the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the MacArthur Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to typically between 20 and ...

Works

"A Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Falling among Elderly People Living in the Community"
''The New England Journal of Medicine'', Volume 331:821-827, September 29, 1994, Number 13

References

External links

Mary Tinetti, 2009 MacArthur Fellow"Q&A with 2009 MacArthur Fellow Mary E. Tinetti, MD, from New Haven, CT.", ''Gerontology Society of America''
Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Yale University faculty MacArthur Fellows American geriatricians Women geriatricians University of Michigan Medical School alumni Members of the National Academy of Medicine {{US-physician-stub